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(ModeL) L. M. MOREHOUSE.

GASTER.

Patented Dec. 6, 1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUTHER M. MOREHOUSE, OF FLY MOUNTAIN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOCHARLES STRAWN, OF SAME PLACE.

CASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,634, dated December6, 1881. Application filed August 11, 1881. (Model) To all whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, L. M. MOREHOUSE, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Fly Mountain, in the county of U1- sterand State of New York ,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Casters; andIdohereby declare thefollowingto beafull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, andin whicl1 Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my improved stove-leg caster.Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, showing the caster in an elevatedposition, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view thereof.

This invention has relation to improvements in casters particularlyadapted for stoves, it being capable of allowing the leg to rest uponthe floor when the stove has been rolled to its destination, and theready adjustment of the caster to elevate the leg and bring the casterin bearing contact with the floor preparatory to moving the stove.

The nature of this invention consists in combining with the slidingspindle of the caster, having a disk or bracket, a concentricallypivotedlever, with its lower end adapted to rest upon the disk or bracket ofthe caster, substantially as hereinaftermore fully set forth.

In carrying out my invention I employ, in connection with the slidingcaster-spinc l A, having a disk or bracket, a, to the under ide of whichis hung the wheel or wheels I), a lever, 13, of a cylindrical shape, andopen at one side, as at c, to permit it to receive the spindle A. Thelever B is pivoted to the web of the leg 0, and being open at one side,as at o, it is capable of being turned up, as seen in Fig.

2, freeing its lower end from the bracket a, when the leg 0 will bepermitted to descend and rest upon the floor or other support. The leverB may,for convenience of operation, have a handle, B, attached to it.

The caster, when in a lowered position, is below the stove-leg, and isthus brought in a bearing contact with the floor, when the stove may berolled or moved to its destination. After this, by releasing the lever Bfrom the caster-disk a, the stove-leg can be readily lowered to thefloor, and thustake the strain and weight off the lever. By thisconstruction of parts, it will be noticed that the pressure isdistributed upon the spindle and wheels when the lever is in use, and itbeing concentrically pivoted with the spindle the lever is not liable,as might arise were it otherwise arranged, to be tripped off the spindleor caster-disk. The pressure is removed from the pivotal points of thelever B by causing its upper bifurcated ends to move in contact or abutagainst shoulders e 0, formed upon the web of the stove-leg.

The web may, to be applied to a stove-leg of the ordinary construction,be made of wood and suitably affixed to the leg. Usually the web is castwith the stove-leg.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In a stove-leg caster, the combination, with thesliding caster-spindle, having the caster disk or bracket to, and webbedstove-leg 0, of thelever B, cylindricalin form, and open atone side, asat o, and concentrically pivoted with the spindle, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUTHER M. MOREHOUSE.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN TURNER, DAVID P. BURGER.

